Pakistan Punjab is the world's fifth-most populous subnational entity, and the most populous outside of China and India.
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30 Facts About Pakistan Punjab
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Subsequently, Pakistan Punjab formed part of the Maurya Empire, the Kushan Empire, and the Gupta Empire.
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In 1799, the Sikh Empire was formally established under the rule of Ranjit Singh with its capital based in Lahore, and Pakistan Punjab remained under Sikh rule until the arrival of the British Empire.
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However, a clear divide is present between the northern and southern portions of the province; with poverty rates in northern Punjab being among the lowest in Pakistan, while some in southern Punjab are among the most impoverished.
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Pakistan Punjab is one of the most urbanized regions of South Asia, with approximately 40 percent of its population being concentrated in urban areas.
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Pakistan Punjab is the site of the Katas Raj Temples, which feature prominently in Hindu mythology.
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Pakistan Punjab region is noted as the site of one of the earliest urban societies, the Indus Valley Civilization that flourished from about 3000 BC and declined rapidly 1,000 years later, following the Indo-Aryan migrations that overran the region in waves between 1500 and 500 BC Frequent intertribal wars stimulated the growth of larger groupings ruled by chieftains and kings, who ruled local kingdoms known as Mahajanapadas.
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The rise of kingdoms and dynasties in the Pakistan Punjab is chronicled in the ancient Hindu epics, particularly the Mahabharata.
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Pakistan Punjab's kingdom spanned between rivers Hydaspes and Acesines ; Strabo had held the territory to contain almost 300 cities.
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Pakistan Punjab had a hostile relationship with the Kingdom of Taxila which was ruled by his extended family.
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The region was then divided between the Maurya Empire and the Greco-Bactrian kingdom in 302 BC E Menander I Soter conquered Punjab and made Sagala the capital of the Indo-Greek Kingdom.
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Pakistan Punjab was a Khokhar chieftain who travelled to Samarkand and profited from the contacts he made with the Timurid society Later on, Delhi Sultanate, weakened by invasion of Emir Timur, could not control all regions of the Empire and different local kingdoms appeared.
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Pakistan Punjab conquered Delhi for a brief period in 1431 but was driven out by Mubarak Shah.
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British Raj had major political, cultural, philosophical, and literary consequences in the Pakistan Punjab, including the establishment of a new system of education.
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East Punjab became part of India, while West Punjab became part of Pakistan.
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The Pakistan Punjab bore the brunt of the civil unrest following partition, with casualties estimated to be in the millions.
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Pakistan Punjab province is bordered by Sindh to the south, the province of Balochistan to the southwest, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, and the Islamabad Capital Territory and Azad Kashmir in the north.
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The undivided Punjab region was home to six rivers, of which five flow through Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Pakistan Punjab includes several mountainous regions, including the Sulaiman Mountains in the southwest part of the province, the Margalla Hills in the north near Islamabad, and the Salt Range which divides the most northerly portion of Pakistan Punjab, the Pothohar Plateau, from the rest of the province.
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Use of Urdu and English as the near exclusive languages of broadcasting, the public sector, and formal education have led some to fear that Punjabi in Pakistan is being relegated to a low-status language and that it is being denied an environment where it can flourish.
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Government of Punjab is a provincial government in the federal structure of Pakistan, is based in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab Province.
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The Chief Minister of Punjab is elected by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab to serve as the head of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan.
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The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the province of Punjab, which is located in Lahore in eastern Pakistan.
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The Assembly was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakistan Punjab as having a total of 371 seats, with 66 seats reserved for women and eight reserved for non-Muslims.
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Pakistan Punjab is a mineral-rich province with extensive mineral deposits of coal, iron, gas, petrol, rock salt, dolomite, gypsum, and silica-sand.
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Those living in Southern and Western Pakistan Punjab are a lot more dependent on agriculture due to lower levels of industrialisation in those regions.
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Culture in Pakistan Punjab grew out of the settlements along the five rivers, which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilization, dating back to 3000 BCE.
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The Punjab emerged as an important agricultural region, especially following the Green Revolution during the mid-1960's to the mid-1970's, has been described as the "breadbasket of both India and Pakistan".
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